Recipe Index

(Please be patient as I post more recipes to the blog :-)

 Appetizers  / Breads & Cakes  / Desserts  / Drinks  /  First Courses & Entrées  / Salads

Sauces  / Simple Side Dishes  / Snacks  /  Soups  /  Vegetarian (savory)

Appetizers:

• Asian Pear with Gorgonzola, Ricotta & Mint
• Cucumber & Smoked Salmon Canapé with Wasabi Cream
• Fresh Figs with Goat Cheese, Rosemary & Honey Spread
• Puff Pastry: Easy Homemade Puff Pastry
• Ricotta (as dip/spread): Homemade Ricotta

Breads & Cakes:

• Apple Cake: Apple Cake (Low Fat)
• Biscotti/Cantucci: Biscotti… with a twist
• Carrot Cake: Carrot Cake… Brazilian Style
• Chocolate Cake (flourless): Flourless Chocolate Cake
• Chocolate Cake (Low fat)
• Lemon Buttermilk Breakfast Cake (Low Fat)
• Scones: English Scones
• Puff Pastry: Easy Homemade Puff Pastry

Desserts:

• Asian Pear with Gorgonzola, Ricotta & Mint
• Apple Cake: Apple Cake (Low Fat)
• Biscotti/Cantucci: Biscotti… with a twist
• Carrot Cake: Carrot Cake… Brazilian Style
• Chocolate Cake (flourless): Flourless Chocolate Cake
• Chocolate Cake (Low fat)
• Chocolate Drink (for dessert): Decadent Chocolate Drink
• Chocolate Soufflé: Easy Chocolate Soufflé (Low Fat)
• Fresh Figs with Goat Cheese, Rosemary & Honey Spread
• Lemon Buttermilk Breakfast Cake (Low Fat)
• Pineapple Lemon-Lime Zest & Mint
• Puff Pastry: Easy Homemade Puff Pastry
• Scones: English Scones

Drinks:

• Chocolate Drink: Decadent Chocolate Drink

First Courses & Entrées

Pasta:

• Pasta: Fresh Pasta (Celebrating Family)
• Ricotta Ravioli: Ravioli di Ricotta
• Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe (cheese and black pepper)

Fish and Seafood:

• Salmon Couscous: Salmon Couscous
• Seafood Stew (Moqueca): Brazilian Moqueca (Seafood Stew)

Salads:

• Bean Salad: Three Bean Salad… in 5 minutes
• Salmon Couscous: Salmon Couscous

Sauces: 

• Browned Butter Sage Sauce (for fresh pasta): Ravioli di Ricotta
• Cacio e Pepe (cheese and black pepper sauce for pasta): Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe
• Quick Asparagus Sauce: Simple Side Dish: 3 Minute Asparagus

Simple Side Dishes:

• Asparagus: 3 Minute Asparagus
• Beans: Three Bean Salad… in 5 minutes
• Cucumber & Smoked Salmon Canapé with Wasabi Cream
• Eggplant: Grilled Eggplant with Fresh Mozzarella, Tomato & Basil
• Mushrooms: Sautéed Mushrooms

Snacks:

• Asian Pear with Gorgonzola, Ricotta & Mint
• Biscotti/Cantucci: Biscotti… with a twist
• Cucumber & Smoked Salmon Canapé with Wasabi Cream
• Fresh Figs with Goat Cheese, Rosemary & Honey Spread
• Pineapple Lemon-Lime Zest & Mint
• Ricotta: Homemade Ricotta
• Scones: English Scones

Soups:    

• Minestrone: Minestrone

Vegetarian (savory):

• Asian Pear with Gorgonzola, Ricotta & Mint
• Asparagus: 3 Minute Asparagus
• Bean Salad: Three Bean Salad… in 5 minutes
• Couscous (omit salmon): Salmon Couscous
• Eggplant: Grilled Eggplant with Fresh Mozzarella, Tomato & Basil
• Fresh Figs with Goat Cheese, Rosemary & Honey Spread
• Minestrone (omit beef): Minestrone 
• Mushrooms: Sautéed Mushrooms
• Pasta: Fresh Pasta (Celebrating Family)
• Puff Pastry: Easy Homemade Puff Pastry
• Ricotta: Homemade Ricotta
• Ricotta Ravioli: Ravioli di Ricotta
• Risotto with Parmigiano Reggiano: Risotto Cacio e Pepe
• Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe (cheese and black pepper)